Watch a Yahoo 9-cat fantasy basketball mock draft with RotoWire analyst Alex Barutha. Picking 4th, I land SGA, Curry, Harden, Embiid, and LeBron while value hunting. See round-by-round strategy, punt-build tips, and sleeper picks.

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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
02:55 Round 1
05:55 Round 2
10:36 Round 3
15:22 Round 4
19:04 Round 5
23:27 Round 6
28:12 Round 7
32:12 Round 8
36:30 Round 9
41:46 Round 10
44:55 Round 11
49:40 Round 12
53:45 Round 13 and team wrap-up

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Kirien Sprecher and Adam King discuss news and notes from around the NBA before answering viewer questions, including what players you can't leave your drafts without.

01:50 Dylan Harper

04:45 Mock Draft Results

10:50 9-Cat Team Breakdown

14:15 Points League Ranks

17:15 ESPN Points League Team Breakdown

20:00 Cooper Flagg Build

22:30 Embiid or CMB

25:00 Aday Mara or Maxime Raynaud

27:00 Trade Advice

28:25 Josh Hart or CJ McCollum

30:00 ESPN Points League Team Breakdown

31:45 Keyonte George or Derrick White

33:00 Isaiah Jackson or Daniel Gafford & Josh Hart or VJ Edgecombe

35:15 Yahoo Salary Cap Team Breakdown

37:15 Paolo Banchero or Evan Mobley

39:00 16T 9-Cat Team Breakdown

41:15 12T 11-Cat Team Breakdown

46:00 Adem Bona

47:00 Trade Advice

50:00 Lauri Markkanen/Donovan Clingan

51:45 12th Pick Draft Advice

53:25 Norman Powell/Cedric Coward/Keegan Murray

55:00 Kingy Special

56:30 Nikola Jokic Build

57:40 Josh Giddey or Tyrese Haliburton

58:30 Brandon Miller or Trey Murphy

59:30 9-Cat Team Breakdown

1:02:00 Draft Start Advice

1:05:00 Trade Advice

1:07:00 Zion Williamson/LeBron James/Desmond Bane

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Alex and Nick draft a 9-cat mock LIVE with Yahoo default settings.
Timestamps
0:00 Intro: 9-cat mock draft on Fantrax with Yahoo settings
1:44 Round 1 recap: a chalky board (Kevin Durant at No. 10)
2:31 Is Tyrese Maxey still a first-round pick?
3:08 Alex's picks on the 1-2 turn: Jalen Johnson and Scottie Barnes
4:20 Round 2 recap and Nick's pick: Trae Young
5:15 Round 3: Nick takes Devin Booker
5:34 Chet Holmgren: is he worth the pick?
7:08 Nick's build so far (Jokic, Trae Young, Booker) and the Suns' outlook
8:49 Round 3 recap: Davis, Harden, Holmgren, Kessler, Adebayo, Brandon Miller, Kyrie
9:27 Round 4: Nick takes Deni Avdija
10:09 Round 5: Nick takes Darius Garland
11:42 Alex chooses between Stephon Castle and Ryan Rollins
12:03 Round 5 recap
12:33 Zach Edey goes in the fifth round
13:05 Kel'el Ware's early price and the Bucks' lineups
13:38 Round 6: Nick takes Julius Randle and Stephon Castle
14:35 Round 6 recap and the thinning center pool
16:12 Round 7: De'Aaron Fox and the center run (Myles Turner, Derik Queen, Day'Ron Sharpe)
17:53 Lesson for Yahoo leagues: don't botch the center position
18:41 Round 7 and 8 recap (Dylan Harper, Keegan Murray)
19:50 Rounds 8-9: Nick takes Nic Claxton and John Collins
20:29 Needing a center: reach, or punt the second spot?
21:21 Rounds 9-10: Alex takes Josh Hart and Darius Acuff
22:37 Round 9 and 10 recap
23:45 Rounds 10-11: Nick takes AJ Dybantsa and Jusuf Nurkic
26:01 Ben Simmons as a last-pick flyer
27:05 Aday Mara: is he startable?
29:04 Rounds 11 to 13 recap
29:55 Alex's last pick: Mikel Brown Jr.
30:43 Nick's last pick: Quentin Grimes over Rui Hachimura
31:54 Roster review: strengths and weaknesses
32:50 Nick's team: steals and blocks concerns
34:35 Wrap-up and promo code HOOPS

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